Summary:
Gopal, editor and publisher of Tamil weekly Nakkheeran was arrested by the city police at Chennai airport on Tuesday morning on charges of allegedly publishing defamatory content against Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit. As Mr.
Gopal was about to leave to Pune from Chennai airport on Tuesday morning, two Deputy Commissioners and eight police Inspectors forcibly bundled him into a police vehicle and whisked away from the airport. According to police sources, he is likely to be taken into custody in two different cases in Triplicane and Ambattur. Asked about the nature of complaint and provisions of law, a top police official said it cannot be shared immediately. Mr.
Gopal has been brought to Chintadripet police station for interrogation..